On the afternoon of April 17, with the completion of the last steel beam lifting, the Jiaojiang Bridge, China’s first high-speed railway ——, controlled by private capital, was successfully closed.
Jiaojiang Bridge is the largest span of the four-line high-speed rail cable-stayed bridge in China. The total length of the bridge is about 5.3 kilometers, using the design of the two-tower cable-stayed bridge, with a tower height of 190 meters and the main bridge span of 480 meters. The smooth closure of the bridge marks the completion of another major construction node of the Hangzhou-Shao-Taiwan Railway, laying a solid foundation for the completion of the whole line by the end of this year.
Hangzhou-Shao-Taiwan Railway is one of the first eight railway demonstration projects invested by private capital in China, with Fosun accounting for 51% of the shares. It connects Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Taizhou, starting from Hangzhou East Railway Station in the north, using Hangzhou-Ningbo High-speed Railway to Shaoxing North Railway Station, and then building the main line to Taizhou Wenling Railway Station. The total length of the line is about 266.9 kilometers, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour. The new main line has eight stations in Shaoxing North, Dongguan, Sanjie, Shengzhou Xinchang, Tiantai, Linhai, Taizhou Center and Wenling, and is expected to be ready for operation by the end of this year.